Super Single tires
 

Can anyone tell me about super singal tires? what kind of load will they carry? my buddy would like to run them on his single axel camper witch he uses to carry his 38 foot double high inclosed trailer.

Keep in mind if you have a flat on duals you can limp to a safe place, if you have a flat with super singles guess where you're stopping. Another thing is in the case of a blowout you'll have more control of the vehicle with duals than with singles. :c:

I work for a trucking company, we run singles on some of our semi's... of they can handle it the motor home could iam shure

I still wouldn't run em for the same reason tireman9669 said. With duals you still have a second tire to limp somewhere with. If you blow out a super single, you are SOL my friend

lets break this down. on a big rig you have atleast two axles on the truck and the trailer. unless you are running a single axle in which case i havent seen one with super singles. but i digress. with two axles you more than likely will not blow two at a time...it can happen but not often, so you will still have one tire holding the load on that side. now if you only have one axle then whats to keep the axle from hitting the ground in the case of a blow out? the rim. when the rim hits the ground that causes damage. so i would stay away from the super singles unless you have a tandem axle vehicle.

When you blow one that axle is on the ground and all the weight is on the other axle wich instantly overloads that tire and even if that one dosn't blow, you're not going anywhere. Super singles is the stupidest idea I've ever seen in the commercial tire market. Except of course on a steer application where there's only one tire per side anyways. :c:

Super singles SUCK!!!! When you blow a tire, it ruins the rim regardless if you have tandem axles. (ask me how I know) Also they are dangerous in snow, ice , and rain. Not worth the extra fuel savings they claim.

when you blow a tire on a rig the axle/wheel whatever will be on the ground... i understand your thinking... my dad has rubber torsion axles on his cattle trailer... bolted to the frame so the axle itself does not travel up/down... whereas (like a semi) on a walking beam suspension the axle travels down when the tire blows... just like on a vehicle.. hope it helps some... :choochoo:

Super singles are a pita, especially when it takes a tire guy 4hrs to get to you and hes only 25 miles away. From what Ive heard when they first started getting popular most guys would just chain the axle up if one blew out, but DOT ruined that. The pic shows a perfect example. That was taken somewhere in the middle east and split rims are still quite popular there, so no super singles available. Haha, I bet it would take a tire guy years to reach them at the rate they get to you.:waiting2:

The name on the side of the truck says it all ASS-TRAN!!

yes.... back when dad ran what i call ''walking beam'' suspension... if he blew a tire without a spare or if he was on his way home he would just chain the axle up... still SS are gayer than AID'S lol

don't run them and never will around here ,they are too dangerous in the snow, ice and rain, what I do, the traction is not there in the mud either ,would really like to see it catch on so my steer tire, 425's, casings would be worth something for caps

Thanks for the info. not going to go that route now talked him out of it.

The singles that they're runnin on drive axle's and trailers are smaller than your 425's, I have seen a couple company's runnin 385's on trailers, but the only place I've seen 425 casings being used is on tag axles. :c:

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Believe it or not I've actually seen 425's being capped and run on steer axle, but I STRONGLY advise against it. :c: